Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1937, Page 16

A—16 = SHIP PLAN BOARD MEETING TODAY Advisory Group Named to Ai din Construction of Two U. S. Battleships. A special Advisory Board on Battle- ship Plans was to meet at 2 pm. today at the Navy Department, so that the service may have the benefit of the experience of distinguished engineers and marine builders in the construc- tion of the U. S. S. North Carolina and ‘Washington. ‘The membership of the board, an- nounced late yesterday by Secretary Swanson, follows: John F. Metten, president of the New York Shipbuild- ing Corp., Camden, N. J.; Joseph W. Powell, president of United Dry Docks, Inc., New York; W. F. Gibbs, president of Gibbs and Cox, Inc., of New York, and Admiral Joseph Strauss, U. S. N, retired, who lives at 2208 Massa- chusetts avenue Metten was chief engineer of the old Cramps Co. of Philadelphia, noted shipbuilders. He served as consulting engineer of the Baldwin Locomotive ‘Works in Philadelphia and for the Matson Line of New York, when the three ships for the Pacific trade and the S. S. Manhattan and Washington were being constructed. He had much to do with designing the heavy cruisers. Gibbs designed and supervised con- struction of the express liner S. S. Malolo, “highest powered merchant vessel built in the United States” and completed in 1927. He served as chief of construction of the International Mercantile Marine Co. during the World War and as naval arcitect to the Shipping Control Commission. He at- tended the Paris Peace Conference as special assistant to the chairman of the Shipping Board. Prominent in Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, Powell served as an assistant naval constructor in the Navy before going into civilian life. He was president of the United States Bhipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp., 1921-22. Powell graduated from the Naval Academy in 1897 and graduated from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1900, special- izing in naval architecture. An expert in ordnance, Admiral Btrauss served as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and during the World ‘War laid the famous mine barrage in the North Sea, and also swept it up, when the war was cver. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for this duty. He holds decorations from numerous foreign governments. As a young officer, he designed the first heavy gun mount to be operated by electricity, a system which came to be the standard practice in the Navy, officials recall. e May He Visit Them? DALLAS, Tex. () —A woman get- ting a divorce here knew her rights. ‘There were no children and no com- munity property except two dogs. The ‘woman asked for them. Judge Claude | McCallum, hearing no protest from the husband, ruled: “Divorce granted. | Custody of all dogs awarded plaintiff.” LABOR ROW DOCKS 18 BALTIMORE TUGS Ten Left Operating Not Enough to Handle Harbor Traffic, Officials Say. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 3.—Strife between rival labor groups tied up 18 cugs in the harbor here. Ten tugs are still operating, but port officials said they are inadequate to handle harbor traffic. Both the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. are seeking members in the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, which has been independent hereto- fore. Charles Hansen, first delegate of the National Maritime Union here, said the tugs were tied up because members of the beneficial association who favored one national group would not work with members who favored the other, Hungary expects 1937 to be a record business year. AMERICA'S FIN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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